Dichomeris ostracodes

Dichomeris ostracodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. ostracodes
Binomial name
Dichomeris ostracodes
Meyrick, 1916

Dichomeris ostracodes is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916.[1] It is found in Burma and on Java.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous with the costa irregularly strigulated with dark fuscous from near the base to the middle and with a dark fuscous triangular blotch on the costa beyond the middle, reaching one-third across the wing. The stigmata is small, dark brownish, with the plical beneath the first discal, and with a faint brownish oblique fascia from one-fourth of the costa to these. There is also a narrow dark fuscous terminal fascia. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris ostracodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Dichomeris at funet
  3. Exot. Microlep. 1 (19): 583


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